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Protective Shields May Be To Blame Audi is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that a design flaw causes severe premature corrosion of the subframes of Q5 and SQ5 SUVs. The lawsuit claims that plastic covers fitted to the vehicles' subframes end up trapping water, road salt, and other debris, leading to accelerated rusting of the metal subframe.

Delta Air Lines just posted one of its strongest quarters in years. But CEO Ed Bastian did not spend his earnings call only celebrating record revenue. He also delivered a blunt message to the rest of the airline industry, especially the budget carriers that built their entire business around cheap fares. Speaking on Delta's (DAL) June quarter 2026 earnings call on July 10, 2026, Bastian said the math no longer works for low-cost and ultra-low-cost airlines.

Board Opposition Things aren't looking good for Volkswagen at this time. The company's board has recently rejected CEO Oliver Blume's restructuring plan. VW is in dire need of profitability, as sales continue to fall and external factors keep the German auto group in the red. Volkswagen's board rejected Blume's restructuring plan, 12 to 19 votes. The decision was made on July 9, 2026, in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Influencer Katelynn Ordone is opening up about her return to social media after the death of her son Preston. "As many of you already know … I've had a hard time coming back to social media since losing Preston. I've struggled to even pick up my phone to capture new memories, knowing he won't be in any more of them," Ordone wrote via Instagram on Saturday, July 11. "It has been 443 days since my baby boy has been in heaven.

Dick's Sporting Goods has spent the past year proving it can absorb a struggling retailer and make it stronger. Now, a very different kind of bankrupt retailer is presenting the company with a fresh opportunity, and this one did not even require a purchase agreement. The chain best known for footwear walls and House of Sport megastores is watching a specialty outdoor rival collapse under its own debt.

The Wrong Kind Of Progress Large infotainment screens are widely blamed for driver distraction, but the question is how much they actually affect drivers. Thanks to a new test from Swedish publication Vi Bilägare, there is now some insight into which new cars take the longest to perform basic tasks such as changing the radio station. Vi Bilägare found that cars in its 2026 test took longer on average than those tested in 2022.

In a surprise fashion, the Seattle Mariners took Florida Gators outfielder Hayden Yost in the Fifth Round (No. 162) of the MLB Draft on Sunday. Yost hit .262 with 10 home runs, 23 RBIs and five doubles. The slot value for pick No. 162 is $429,100. Yost was not among the top 250 draft prospects coming into the draft, making this selection from the Mariners a stunning one.

First Glimpse of the Cabin The Pajero comeback is officially happening – that's official at this point. Mitsubishi has already confirmed its iconic body-on-frame SUV will break cover this fall, and the brand has been drip-feeding us teasers for months. We've already seen enough exterior shots to know it's keeping those classic, tough-guy proportions, but the interior? That's been locked away – until recently. That all changed thanks to a sneaky promo video on Mitsubishi's official YouTube channel.

Soccer player Jayden Adams was in a long-term relationship with Aqueelah Adendorf before his untimely death. News broke on Saturday, July 11, that the South African athlete - who played for both the Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana - had died. He was 25. "The South African Football Players Union (SAFPU) is devastated by the untimely passing of Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana midfielder, Jayden Adams," the union announced via its official X account.

The monsoon that has been lighting up the rest of Arizona has a second, meaner edge, and this one sets up southeast of Phoenix. The National Weather Service in Tucson expects storms to fire across Pinal, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties through the afternoon and into the evening, and the setup this time favors the organized, severe kind rather than the weaker cells that have been fizzling farther west. For anyone who has not driven through a desert storm like this, the danger is not really the rain.